"La piovra 5 - Il cuore del problema" (1990) TV mini-series

Director:

Luigi Perelli

Writers:

Francesco Marcucci (dialogue)
Sandro Petraglia (writer)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

After Corrado Cattani is murdered, the mafia think they have won...

Plot:

Superintendent Corrado Cattani is dead. After his lover, the beautiful judge Silvia Conti, recovers somewhat from the shock over his death...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Numbered Sequel | TV Mini-Series | Digit In Title | Fifth Part

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Riccardo Cucciolla	...	Riccardo Respighi
Vittorio Mezzogiorno	...	Commissario Davide Licata
Patricia Millardet	...	Silvia Conti
Remo Girone	...	Tano Cariddi
Claudine Auger	...	Annunziata Linori
Vanni Corbellini	...	Andrea Linori
Orazio Orlando	...	Annibale Corvo
Luigi Pistilli	...	Baron Giovanni Linori
Ana Torrent	...	Maria Cariddi
Marcello Tusco	...	Antonio de Pisis, il Puparo / 'Puppeteer'
Luigi Di Fiore	...	Quadri, Conti's Bodyguard
Alberto Gimignani	...	Trevi, Conti's Bodyguard
Agnese Nano	...	Gloria Linori
Soraya Castillo	...	Matilde Linori
Orso Maria Guerrini	...	Giuseppe Carta

Also Known As:

Mort à Palerme (France)
The Octopus 5 (Australia)

Runtime:

Italy:522 min (5 parts)

Country:

Austria | France | Germany | Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Forum Recording Studio, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Beta Film

Trivia:

Episodes 4 and 5 were broadcast with an opening credits announcement by the Producers: "By request of SicilTecno Company, of Palermo, and by order of the Roman Pretore, we declare that the denomination SicilTeknoPlus is a fantasy name, and therefore the events described in the screenplay "La Piovra 5" do not refer in any way to that company."

Quotes:

Silvia Conti: Tano is very strong. Only two people ever got to defeat him.
Commissario Davide Licata: Who were they?
Silvia Conti: A 20-year old girl with whom he fell in love... And another man,totally different from him. A man without any particular ambitions, who never made compromises.

Movie Connections:

Followed by "La piovra 6 - L' ultimo segreto" (1992)

the battle goes on

after corrado cattani is murdered maffia think they have won but they are wrong. Corrado's last girlfriend judge Silvia conti and ex policeman Davide licata won't let them.

The Battle goes on

this is the first episode without Michele Placido as the charismatic investigator and when this series first came out people were missing him,but without him this still is an excellent tvmovie

vittorio mezzogiornio is our new hero an italien ex cop living in new york and then going back to sicily to find the man responsible for the slaugter of his unit. Mezzogiorno is a good replacement for Placido not a broken man but a no-nonsense cop

out real hero of course is Patricia millardet as female judge Silvia Conti Corrado's last loved one she promise to find them all that's not only the assasins and those who ordered to kill but also those responsible of the dead of other innocent people

while Mezzogiornio and Millardet are the lead actors most credit goes out for Remo Girone as Tano carridi a brilliant played evil insaint character that in someways doesn't look that evil. Girone plays Tano in a way not even an american actor has played a bad guy.

La piovra 5 is as good as the first 4 parts it's another story of vengeance, betrayal, loyalty, corruption and death